I think in the end Fraser is leaving himself, going off to do as he pleases for once.
Although I deliberately left the ending open for interpretation, in my heart of hearts, this is how I feel about it too. I read his whole Best Mountie Ever! gestalt as partially a product of continual abandonment, and by the end of the show, he realizes that mortality and change are what they are and he can't help that, so he lets go of the idea that being the perfect Mountie will keep people around (or will allow him to not feel anything when they leave) and just...does what he wants, for once, without any kind of psychological ulterior motive. And doing what he wants requires the understanding that he's going to leave/change too.
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Date: 2011-01-21 08:17 pm (UTC)I think in the end Fraser is leaving himself, going off to do as he pleases for once.
Although I deliberately left the ending open for interpretation, in my heart of hearts, this is how I feel about it too. I read his whole Best Mountie Ever! gestalt as partially a product of continual abandonment, and by the end of the show, he realizes that mortality and change are what they are and he can't help that, so he lets go of the idea that being the perfect Mountie will keep people around (or will allow him to not feel anything when they leave) and just...does what he wants, for once, without any kind of psychological ulterior motive. And doing what he wants requires the understanding that he's going to leave/change too.